Steam Deck News

Note: This update is for the Steam Deck Beta and Preview channels, and includes new features that are still being tested. You can opt into this in Settings > System > Steam Update Channel.

External display settings

• Keep track of refresh rate and FPS limit settings independently for internal and external displays.
  
• Disable refresh rate switching via the quick access menu for external displays by default. Alternative refresh rates are still accessible via the resolution dropdown in Settings->Display.
  
• Added a toggle to developer settings to re-enable refresh rate switching in the quick access menu for external displays. Please note that the Steam Deck’s built-in display was validated to support the full range of refresh rates available in the slider, but for arbitrary external displays we can't provide a guarantee that the resolution + refresh rate combination will be functional. This can lead to a scenario where the external display doesn’t display an image, so there isn’t an easy way to undo the change. Here be dragons, we don't recommend turning this setting on.
  

General

• Performance improvements when rendering the homescreen.
  
• Fixed a crash when loading some SteamInput configs.
  
• Reduced occurrence of double-activations on Soft Press on Touch Pads and Sticks.
  

Note: This update is for the Steam Deck Preview channel, and includes new features that are still being tested. You can opt into this in Settings > System > Steam Update Channel.

• Fixed a crash in Red Dead Redemption 2
  
• Improved external display hot-plug detection
  

Note: This update is for the Steam Deck Beta and Preview channels, and includes new features that are still being tested. You can opt into this in Settings > System > Steam Update Channel.

Note: This update was re-released to fix the "Automatically Set Resolution" toggle from incorrectly showing when not on the Preview Channel.

It's been great to see all the community activity around custom boot videos, so we made a couple updates to make this a bit easier to do. The new folder location below will be a safer place to save your video files, and they won't be wiped with every Steam update.

Custom boot videos

• Steam Deck will now look for a custom boot video and/or a suspend animation in steamui/overrides/movies/. Please note that you'll need to create this folder first.
  
• Play custom boot animations in full screen
  

General

• Fixed issue with startup haptics
  

Resolution: applies to Preview Channel only

• Added a toggle allowing Steam Deck to automatically control the display resolution for external displays. When toggled on, Steam Deck will automatically adjust the resolution for best performance on higher resolution displays.
  

Note: This update is for the Steam Deck Beta and Preview channels, and includes new features that are still being tested. You can opt into this in Settings > System > Steam Update Channel.

General:

• Fix a case where the refresh rate slider would disappear